Children's injuries in summer camps in Belarus decreased compared to 2025

The number of injuries suffered by children in summer camps has decreased compared to last year. This was reported by the head of the hygiene department of the Republican Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health Via Shukevich, BelTA writes.

Compared to last year, the number of children in trauma camps decreased: 146 cases against 162 in 2025. Of these, severe injuries (fractures of the fingers, limbs, etc.) - 43 cases. Most of the injuries are due to non-compliance with safety rules when organizing sports and recreational activities and playing with the ball. The rest of the injuries are scratches, abrasions and bruises, said Via Shukevich.

Issues of safe and effective rest of children were under special control of the sanitary and epidemiological service of the Ministry of Health. The main task of the department was to ensure sanitary and epidemiological well-being, eliminate the risks of infectious diseases and food poisoning.

Prior to the start of the work of round-the-clock camps, an assessment of compliance with the requirements of sanitary and epidemiological legislation, laboratory studies of drinking water, entomological studies and acaricide treatments of the territories of health camps was carried out, and all personnel passed a mandatory course of hygienic training. Consultative methodological assistance was provided to stationary country camps with visits to the site for the first three days of work.

“Violations of sanitary and epidemiological legislation were found in 53% of the camps. The greatest attention was paid to the nutrition of children. Violations in this part amounted to 46%, of which 23% of cases were due to non-compliance with the cleaning and disinfection of industrial premises, washing dishes, personal hygiene by employees, in connection with which it was necessary to conduct extraordinary general cleaning at 32 food facilities. The use of more than 900 kg of unsafe products in the nutrition of children is not allowed, added Via Shukevich.

In addition, the implementation of the whole complex of anti-tick preventive measures in the preparatory period for several years has allowed to stabilize the dynamics of convertibility for tick bites. During the recovery period, 36 cases were registered. In 2025, too, 36, in 2024 - 47, and in 2023 - 56.

Via Shukevich stressed that information and explanatory work was also carried out among children. The main focus is the prevention of the consumption of tobacco and nicotine-containing products, including the electronic smoking system. For the first shift, the work was carried out during the action “Belarus against tobacco”.

The summer wellness campaign of 2026 has been successfully completed. Thanks to the coordinated actions of the relevant agencies, the sanitary and epidemiological situation remained stable throughout the period. The focus for today is preparation for the summer of 2027. Together with the owners of the camps, specialists of the sanitary and epidemiological service of the Ministry of Health are involved in the formation of plans to improve the material and technical base so that by the summer the conditions for children’s recreation become more modern, comfortable and safe, she concluded.

On the basis of the educational and health center "Zubrenok" in the summer rested more than 6 thousand children